Termination of nascent entrepreneurship: The central effects of action crisis in new venture creation

Ivanova, Stela; Tornikoski, Erno T.

doi:10.1080/00472778.2022.2140160

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“…The APT (Gollwitzer, 1990(Gollwitzer, , 1993 adequately represents these stages that the entrepreneur experiences when starting a venture (Delano€ e-Gueguen and Fayolle, 2019;Gielnik et al, 2014;Ivanova and Tornikoski, 2022;Van Gelderen et al, 2018). According to the APT, individuals would first decide on the goal to pursue (starting a venture), subsequently make plans to implement it and finally start acting to achieve it [2].…”

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“…More generally, given its complexity, a process-oriented approach to analysing entrepreneurship has been advocated (McMullen and Dimov, 2013). The entrepreneurial process is frequently represented as involving a number of sequential stages before the new venture is fully operational (Davidsson and Gruenhagen, 2021;Ivanova and Tornikoski, 2022;Lichtenstein et al, 2006Lichtenstein et al, , 2007. With regard to entrepreneurship, people are commonly classified as: uninvolved; potential entrepreneurs or nascent entrepreneurs (Bosma et al, 2020;Reynolds et al, 2005) [1].…”

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“…The APT (Gollwitzer, 1990, 1993) adequately represents these stages that the entrepreneur experiences when starting a venture (Delanoë-Gueguen and Fayolle, 2019; Gielnik et al. , 2014; Ivanova and Tornikoski, 2022; Van Gelderen et al. , 2018).…”

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“…In this respect, it is substantially different from most other less complex decisional situations (Mackiewicz, 2023). Action crises are frequent and may lead to the termination of the new venture attempt (Ivanova and Tornikoski, 2022).…”

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An action phase theory approach to the configuration of entrepreneurial goal and implementation intentions

Liñán,

Jaén,

Domínguez-Quintero

2024

IJEBR

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PurposeThis paper integrates the action phase theory (APT) and the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to analyse the dynamic mechanisms involved in the configuration of goals and implementation intentions throughout the entrepreneurship process.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical analysis compares individuals in different phases of this process (not yet decided, potential and nascent entrepreneurs). A large sample of adults from Spain is analysed. Structural equation models and multi-group analysis (MGA) serve to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results confirm that perceived behavioural control (PBC) is the most influential antecedent of entrepreneurial goal intention (EGI) in pre-actional phases (undecided and potential entrepreneurs), whilst attitude towards entrepreneurship (ATE) takes this role during nascency. Subjective norms (SNs) are more important in Phase 1 (establishing the goal) and in Phase 3 (performing nascent behaviour).Originality/valueThis study contributes to both the TPB and the APT. It provides the most relevant insight into the mental process that leads to starting up and helps explain certain previous conflicting results found in the literature. Additionally, it has important implications not only for theory building but also for support bodies and for entrepreneurship educators.

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An action phase theory approach to the configuration of entrepreneurial goal and implementation intentions

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Jaén,

Domínguez-Quintero

2024

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Financial Worries, Health Complaints, and Career Exploration: The Role of Action Crises

Schmitt,

Heihal,

Zacher

2024

Occup Health Sci

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Financial worries, a distressing emotional state prompted by perceived threats to financial resources, are particularly prevalent among employees during economic downturns. This study investigates associations between financial worries and employees’ health and career behaviors, drawing on conservation of resources theory and the self-regulation literature. We propose that financial worries are not only positively related to health complaints, but also positively related to employees’ career exploration as a coping mechanism. In addition, we explore how financial worries are associated with action crises—internal conflicts about whether to leave one’s job—and how these crises may help explain the relationships between worries and employee outcomes. In a two-month time-lagged study with 312 employees, we observed a positive association between financial worries and health complaints, but no significant association with career exploration. Furthermore, the experience of an action crisis mediated the relation between financial worries and health complaints. Action crises were positively related to subsequent career exploration, and we established a significant indirect effect of financial worries on career exploration through action crises. This research contributes to a better understanding of the potential health-related and behavioral outcomes of financial worries by introducing action crisis as a cognitive–emotional mechanism. It also expands the limited research on antecedents and consequences of action crises and responds to calls for research on the predictors of career exploration as a career self-management behavior. We discuss the study’s implications for theory, research, and practice in light of the its limitations.

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Empirical assessment of external enablers on new venture creation: the effect of technologies and non-technological change in Iran digital entrepreneurship

Jahanbakht,

Ahmadi

2024

JEEE

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of external enablers (EEs) – factors that are exogenous and independent of the actors – on the rate of new venture creation (NVC) in digital entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach The authors established a unique data panel comprising all formal digital entrepreneurial firms and startups licensed to operate in the digital space from Iran E-Commerce Development Center, from 2012 to 2022, totaling 124,751 businesses classified in 16 sectors. The authors used Poisson regression with robust standard errors to analyze the relationship between external factors and NVC. Additionally, the authors segmented the data set along demographic, spatial and sectoral subsets to compare them using the average treatment effect model. Findings This analysis confirms that technology readiness and technology intensity, as EEs, significantly boost digital entrepreneurship in a developing country. The authors also explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural environmental enabler and explored its facilitating effects and the enduring impacts post-pandemic. Moreover, the authors assessed the heterogeneous impact of the EEs across different groups and derived implications for each. Research limitations/implications While this study is comprehensive, it focuses exclusively on formal digital entrepreneurship within a single developing country, namely, Iran. Although the authors explored various EEs, they did not address all possible types, highlighting the potential for further research in other entrepreneurial sectors for a comparative analysis of EEs. Practical implications The initial findings affirm that most NVC in Iran stems from external factors. These findings have been widely used by policymakers to define the goals and objectives of EEs concerning their nature and impact. This research reveals that EEs have heterogeneous effects on NVC, varying across different characteristics such as gender, geography and industry sectors. The results of this study suggest that governments should reassess the role of “macro” policies to support vulnerable groups. EEs disproportionately benefit male founders, which exacerbates existing gender gaps and necessitates ongoing attention and intervention. Additionally, EEs have diverse impacts across industries, potentially favoring some while disadvantaging others because of varying social, cultural and economic factors. Originality/value NVC, central to entrepreneurship in developing nations, encounters numerous challenges, yet the role of EEs remains underexplored in this context. EEs are opportunities that are not limited to a subset of entrepreneurial actors; they act as levers influencing a wide range of entrepreneurial activities. This research distinctively investigates the empirical impact of EEs in a Middle Eastern developing country context, contributing to the growing literature on the external enablers framework.

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Termination of nascent entrepreneurship: The central effects of action crisis in new venture creation

Cited by 4 publications

References 141 publications

An action phase theory approach to the configuration of entrepreneurial goal and implementation intentions

An action phase theory approach to the configuration of entrepreneurial goal and implementation intentions

Financial Worries, Health Complaints, and Career Exploration: The Role of Action Crises

Empirical assessment of external enablers on new venture creation: the effect of technologies and non-technological change in Iran digital entrepreneurship

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